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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2014

The interplay of seven subthreshold conductances controls the resting membrane potential and the oscillatory behavior of thalamocortical neurons.

Yimy Amarillo, Edward Zagha, German Mato, Bernardo Rudy, Marcela S Nadal

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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Yimy AmarilloConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Física Estadística e Interdisciplinaria, Centro Atómico Bariloche, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina; Smilow Neuroscience Program, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York; and amarillo@cab.cnea.gov.ar.
Edward ZaghaSmilow Neuroscience Program, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York; and.
German MatoConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Física Estadística e Interdisciplinaria, Centro Atómico Bariloche, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina; Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina.
Bernardo RudySmilow Neuroscience Program, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York; and.
Marcela S NadalConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Física Estadística e Interdisciplinaria, Centro Atómico Bariloche, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina;

Funding

EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION OF K+ CHANNEL GENES IN THE CNSR01NS030989 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI RUDY, BERNARDO · 1992 to 2015
$6.3M
NINDS NIH HHS NS30989
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The signaling properties of thalamocortical (TC) neurons depend on the diversity of ion conductance mechanisms that underlie their rich membrane behavior at subthreshold potentials. Using patch-clamp recordings of TC neurons in brain slices from mice and a realistic conductance-based computational model, we characterized seven subthreshold ion currents of TC neurons and quantified their individual contributions to the total steady-state conductance at levels below tonic firing threshold. We then used the TC neuron model to show that the resting membrane potential results from the interplay of several inward and outward currents over a background provided by the potassium and sodium leak currents. The steady-state conductances of depolarizing Ih (hyperpolarization-activated cationic current), IT (low-threshold calcium current), and INaP (persistent sodium current) move the membrane potential away from the reversal potential of the leak conductances. This depolarization is counteracted in turn by the hyperpolarizing steady-state current of IA (fast transient A-type potassium current) and IKir (inwardly rectifying potassium current). Using the computational model, we have shown that single parameter variations compatible with physiological or pathological modulation promote burst firing periodicity. The balance between three amplifying variables (activation of IT, activation of INaP, and activation of IKir) and three recovering variables (inactivation of IT, activation of IA, and activation of Ih) determines the propensity, or lack thereof, of repetitive burst firing of TC neurons. We also have determined the specific roles that each of these variables have during the intrinsic oscillation.

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Action PotentialsMembrane PotentialsAnimalsMiceMice, Inbred ICRNeuronsPotassiumSodiumThalamic NucleiPotassiumSodiumrepetitive burst firingresting membrane potentialsubthreshold conductancesthalamocortical neuron

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PMID24760784
PMCPMC4064413

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